RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE CULINARY ARTS COURSE SYLLABUS ADDENDUM Course Addendum
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RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE CULINARY ARTS COURSE SYLLABUS ADDENDUM Course Addendum Student Conduct Code Authority (WAC 495E-110-010) The board of trustees, acting pursuant to RCW 28B.50.140(14), delegates to the president of the college the authority to administer disciplinary action. Administration of the disciplinary procedures is the responsibility of the vice-president of student affairs or designee. The student conduct officer shall serve as the principal investigator and administrator for alleged violations of this code. Statement of Student Rights (WAC 495E-110-020) As members of the academic community, students are encouraged to develop the capacity for critical judgment and to engage in an independent search for truth. Freedom to teach and freedom to learn are inseparable facets of academic freedom. The freedom to learn depends upon appropriate opportunities and conditions in the classroom, on the campus, and in the larger community. Students should exercise their freedom with responsibility. The responsibility to secure and to respect general conditions conducive to the freedom to learn is shared by all members of the college community. The following enumerated rights are guaranteed to each student within the limitations of statutory law and college policy which are deemed necessary to achieve the educational goals of the college: 1. Academic Freedom. a. Students are guaranteed the rights of free inquiry, expression, and assembly upon and within college facilities that are generally open and available to the public. b. Students are free to pursue appropriate educational objectives from among the college's curricula, programs, and services, subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.50.090 (3)(b). c. Students shall be protected from academic evaluation which is arbitrary, prejudiced, or capricious, but are responsible for meeting the standards of academic performance established by each of their instructors. d. Students have the right to a learning environment which is free from unlawful discrimination, inappropriate and disrespectful conduct, and any and all harassment, including sexual harassment. 2. Due Process. a. The rights of students to be secure in their persons, quarters, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures is guaranteed. b. No disciplinary sanction may be imposed on any student without notice to the accused of the nature of the charges. c. A student accused of violating this code of student conduct is entitled, upon request, to procedural due process as set forth in this chapter. Prohibited Student Conduct (WAC 495E-110-030) The college may impose disciplinary sanctions against a student who commits, or aids, abets, incites, encourages or assists another person to commit, an act(s) of misconduct, which include, but are not limited to the following: RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE CULINARY ARTS COURSE SYLLABUS ADDENDUM 1. Academic Dishonesty. Any act of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to cheating, plagiarism, and fabrication. a. Cheating includes any attempt to give or obtain unauthorized assistance relating to the completion of an academic assignment. b. Plagiarism includes taking and using as one’s own, without proper attribution, the ideas, writings, or work of another person in completing an academic assignment. Prohibited conduct may also include the unauthorized submission for credit of academic work that has been submitted for credit in another course. c. Fabrication includes falsifying data, information, or citations in completing an academic assignment and also includes providing false or deceptive information to an instructor concerning the completion of an assignment. 2. Other Dishonesty. Any other acts of dishonesty. Such acts include, but are not limited to: a. Forgery, alteration, submission of falsified documents or misuse of any college document, record, or instrument of identification; b. Tampering with an election conducted by or for college students; or c. Furnishing false information or failing to furnish correct information, in response to the request or requirement of a college officer or employee. 3. Obstruction or Disruption. Obstruction or disruption of; a. Any instruction, research, administration, disciplinary proceeding, or other college activity, including the obstruction of the free flow of pedestrian or vehicular movement on college property or at a college activity or; b. Any activity that is authorized to occur on college property, whether or not actually conducted or sponsored by the college. 4. Assault. Assault, physical abuse, verbal abuse, threat(s), intimidation, harassment, bullying, stalking or other conduct which harms, threatens, or is reasonably perceived as threatening the health or safety of another person or another person’s property. For purposes of this paragraph: a. Bullying is physical or verbal abuse, repeated over time, and involving a power imbalance between the aggressor and victim. b. Stalking is intentional and repeated following of another person, which places that person in reasonable fear that the perpetrator intends to injure, intimidate or harass that person. Stalking also includes instances where the perpetrator knows or reasonably should know that the person is frightened, intimidated or harassed, even if the perpetrator lacks such intent. 5. Cyber-Misconduct. Cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying or on-line harassment. Use of electronic communications, including, but not limited to, electronic mail, instant messaging, electronic bulletin boards, and social media sites, to harass, abuse, bully or engage in other conduct which harms, threatens, or is reasonably perceived as threatening the health or safety of another person. Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to, unauthorized monitoring of another’s email communications directly or through spyware, sending threatening emails, disrupting electronic communications with spam or by sending a computer virus, sending false messages to third parties using another’s email identity, non- RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE CULINARY ARTS COURSE SYLLABUS ADDENDUM consensual recording of sexual activity, and non-consensual distribution of a recording of sexual activity. 6. Property Violation. Damage to, or theft or misuse of, real or personal property or money of: a. The college or state; b. Any student or college officer, employee, or organization; or c. Any other member of the college community or organization; or d. Possession of such property or money after it has been stolen. 7. Failure to Comply with Directive. Failure to comply with the direction of a college officer or employee who is acting in the legitimate performance of his or her duties, including failure to properly identify oneself to such a person when requested to do so. 8. Weapons. Possession, holding, wearing, transporting, storage or presence of any firearm, dagger, sword, knife or other cutting or stabbing instrument, club, explosive device, or any other weapon apparently capable of producing bodily harm is prohibited on the college campus, subject to the following exceptions: a. Commissioned law enforcement personnel or legally-authorized military personnel while in performance of their duties; b. A student with valid concealed weapons permit may store a pistol in his or her vehicle parked on campus in accordance with RCW 9.41.050(2) or (3), provided the vehicle is locked and the weapon is concealed from view; or c. The president may grant permission to bring a weapon on campus upon a determination that the weapon is reasonably related to a legitimate pedagogical purpose. Such permission shall be in writing and shall be subject to such terms or conditions incorporated in the written permission. 9. Hazing. Hazing includes, but is not limited to, any initiation into a student organization or any pastime or amusement engaged in with respect to such an organization that causes, or is likely to cause, bodily danger or physical harm, or serious mental or emotional harm, to any student. 10. Alcohol, Drug, and Tobacco Violations. a. Alcohol. The use, possession, delivery, or sale, or being visibly under the influence of any alcoholic beverage, except as permitted by law and applicable college policies. b. Marijuana. The use, possession, delivery, or sale, or being visibly under the influence of marijuana or the psychoactive compounds found in marijuana and intended for human consumption, regardless of form. While state law permits the recreational use of marijuana, federal law prohibits such use on college premises or in connection with college activities. c. Drugs. The use, possession, delivery, sale, or being under the influence of any legend drug, including anabolic steroids, androgens, or human growth hormones as defined in RCW 69.41, or any other controlled substance under RCW 69.50, except as prescribed for a student’s use by a licensed practitioner. d. Tobacco, electronic cigarettes and related products. The use of tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and related products in any building owned, leased or operated by the college is prohibited, including twenty-five feet from entrances, exits, windows that RENTON TECHNICAL COLLEGE CULINARY ARTS COURSE SYLLABUS ADDENDUM open and ventilation intakes of any building owned, leased or operated by the College. “Related products” include, but are not limited to cigarettes, pipes, bidi, clove cigarettes, water pipes, hookahs, chewing tobacco and sniff. The use of tobacco, electronic cigarettes, and related products is only allowed in designated areas on campus. 11. Lewd